Spring/Summer – Are you kidding???
Hello fellow frozen fashionistas!
If you follow anyone in fashion on twitter it would be hard to miss the fact that it has recently been the big fashion weeks – London, Paris, New York and Milan. The shows that have been seen are all Spring/Summer 2010 shows, which makes me feel a) distinctly chilly and b) very unorganised as my A/W ‘09 wardrobe is hardly ready!
As you will have seen from my previous blogs, I have been pondering what to buy to make up my autumn/winter wardrobe – I have lots of tights, leggings and socks; some cardigans; an impending Coatigan (my mother is knitting me one); long sleeved t-shirts and then I rewear my summer favourites. I love reading fashion magazines (I have three subscriptions – Elle, Vogue and Grazia) and I love going to Selfridges and Liberty’s to look at new things, but I’m not sure that I’m (or anyone for that matter) is organised to buy their summer wardrobe now. Looking at beautiful summer clothes is one thing but who actually buys them? Right now I am obsessed with woollens and boots – and I’m not alone! If you look in most magazines and at most fashion websites they are still trying to sell winter clothes – see Elle’s homepage for today.
Sidetracked! The point of this post is not to rant at the fashion world’s bizarre calendar but just to see if I am alone in feeling cold when I look at Spring/Summer clothes but yet faintly envious – they are so beautiful. The trends for next season that we need to incorporate span a wide range of looks, just like A/W ‘09, so everyone can be happy!
At New York we saw Sportswear (Tommy Hilfiger, DKNY) and Futuristic Prints (Rodarte, Thakoon):
DKNY 
Rodarte
In London, there were shorts (my favorite leg wear) at TopShop Unique and Luella; and pastel colours (I’ll need more persuasion) at Burberry and Christopher Kane…
Luella 
Christopher Kane
At Milan, there was lingerie style outerwear at Bottega Veneta and Versace (a tricky trend I always find); and a continuing embellishment trend at Prada, Gucci and Marni (I can rewear my sequinned pieces – exciting!):
Bottega Veneta 
Prada (all trend pictures from Elleuk.com)
Paris meanwhile had variety, drama (Lily Allen at Chanel) and gorgeous clothes. There was romance on all the catwalks and beautiful voluminous dresses – at Valentino, Roland Mouret, Alexander McQueen and Chanel all showed gorgeous, flowing, romantic dresses.
RM byRoland Mouret 
Alexander McQueen
Therefore, we see many stunning trends appeared on the catwalks this season. However, I still maintain that its too early for me to plan my wardrobe for the summer beyond looking longingly at magazines and in stores. You? xx
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